Suit over Ohio police shooting of teen dismissed

Thursday July 24, 2014 7:30 PM

CINCINNATI (AP) — A lawsuit alleging a police officer used excessive force when he fatally shot a teenager in a struggle in downtown Cincinnati has been dismissed.

The lawsuit filed by Davon Mullins' family against officer Oscar Cyranek was dismissed this week in U.S. District Court in Cincinnati. A judge determined Cyranek acted reasonably in self-defense when he shot the 16-year-old Cincinnati boy in August 2011.

Police say the teen had drawn a 9mm handgun and put his finger on the trigger.

The lawsuit contended Mullins had been disarmed and was on the ground when the officer shot him. The Hamilton County prosecutor and a police board cleared Cyranek of any wrongdoing.

Attorney Benjamin Maraan (muh-RAN') says the family plans to appeal the ruling to the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

Federal officials' review of the fatal shooting of a 22-year-old black man by a white police officer as he carried an air rifle in an Ohio Wal-Mart remains unfinished as his relatives plan a rally and vigil to mark one year since his death. Get the story.

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